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Medicaid legislation killed in committee

2015-02-13

While donor largesse by Tennessee's hospitals and nursing homes industry probably didn't generate any ill will, the campaign contributions also didn't help it pass Medicaid expansion in the Volunteer State.

Medicaid expansion was a top legislative priority for the Tennessee Hospital Association, which donated to all 11 senators who served on the committee that killed the proposed expansion before it was heard by the full body of either chamber.